W. Koner

THE GREEKS. 1. In undertaking to describe tlie Ufa of the Greeks in its distinct external appearance, we have first of all to direct our attention to the products of architecture. For of all the creations designed by man's ingenuity and executed by his hand, these produce the grandest and most...

THE ROMANS. 61. The design of the Greek temple, in its highest perfection, was, as we have seen, a gradual development of the dwelling-house. This simple, necessary, and logical growth of artistic perfection would be looked for in vain in Roman sacred architecture. The numerous indigenous and...